John Cavanagh and Gak Mayer Cavangh

The day after graduating from CU, John Cavanagh (Mgmt) married Gae Mayer Cavanagh (Edu’60), and they built a life in Jacksonville, Fla. John worked and owned businesses in several industries, including cigars, boxes, insurance, health care, cars and vitamins. Gae taught elementary school. Now retired, John has spent the last 14 years working with Kairos Prison Ministry in Union County, Fla., sharing his Christian religion with inmates. John writes, “This is more rewarding work than anything I did in the past.”